Ian & Pat Fielding

Ian and Pat live in Southport, Merseyside. The house is a large detached with a large garden for plenty of birds. The main birdroom is an extension to the garage with a kitchen area. Three other aviaries are in the garden all containing Pats Redrump Parakeets.

Ian and Pat Married in 1982. Pat gained both a husband and a shed full of budgies. In 1983,  Mick Harvey, Ian, Pat and several other local fanciers started Stockport BS. Pat was its first treasurer. Both are still involved in the running of the society even though they moved to Southport in 1997. Ian decided to specialise in Recessive Pieds in the late 80's whilst Pat concentrated on the having 2 children Jonathan and Jennifer. More recently Pat has become more involved in looking after the birds particularly when Ian is away on business. She herself breeds a mixture of colours including Spangles and lacewings.

Pat has been patronage secretary of the VBC since the early 90's and Ian its General Secretary. Pat is treasurer and show secretary of the LCNWBS and will be it first lady president in 2007. Ian is the new chairman of the LCNWBS and had the honour of being the President of the LCNWBS in 2001- its 65th year.

The birdroom at present contains a large colony of Recessive pieds and Dark -eyed clears. The number has increased due to the acquisition of the recessive pied and dark eyed clear stud of Mick Mitchinson. Ians recessive pieds and more recently the dark eyed clears have done well on the show bench. Although Pats birds are in the minority in the birdroom she has still managed to breed a few lacewings that have done well on the show bench. This year we have bred well over 100 birds far more than normal.